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• Historian in TV series

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/historian-in-tv-series

  Dr Michael Lynch (pictured), Honorary Fellow in our School History, Politics & International Relations, has been involved in a number of TV series on modern history in recent years.

• Join Jane Austen and zombie experts for pre-Halloween screening and panel

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/11-pp-and-zombies

  Experts on 19th century literature and the undead will come together for a pre-Halloween event at the University of Leicester on 29 October when the Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies presents a free screening of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, followed by a discussion...

• Staff and students to climb Everest in Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/staff-and-students-to-climb-everest-in-leicester

  The Attenborough Tower, the tallest building on the University of Leicester’s campus, stands at 52 metres high. Mount Everest is 171 times higher, at 8848 metres. On Wednesday 6 May, between 9.30am and 3.

• Expert opinions cover childbirth and the media Junos goals and Theresa May

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/expert-opinions-cover-childbirth-and-the-media-junos-goals-and-theresa-may

  Dr Ranjana Das from the Department of Media and Communication has written an article for Think: Leicester discussing why we need to look at childbirth and the media, and the 'Birth Stories' project she is involved in.

• Leicester professor elected fellow of prestigious Academy of Social Sciences

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/leicester-professor-teela-sanders-fellow-academy-social-science

  A University of Leicester academic has been elected to the Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences.

• Hannah Lewis MBE to recount her experiences surviving the Holocaust

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/hannah-lewis-mbe-to-recount-her-experiences-surviving-the-holocaust

  An upcoming lecture will see Holocaust survivor Hannah Lewis MBE recount her experiences growing up Poland and surviving the atrocities of the Nazi occupation during the Second World War.

• Multiple long-term conditions affect more than 14 per cent of English population, research finds

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/multiple-conditions

  Imperial College London and University of Leicester researchers have been involved in the largest ever study on multiple long-term conditions which has found that nearly 15 per cent of people in England are currently living with two or more health disorders.

• Orton memoir to have Leicester launch at literary festival

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/orton-memoir-to-have-leicester-launch-at-literary-festival

  Our University is to host the Leicester launch of a new memoir by Leonie Orton, the sister of playwright Joe Orton whose archive is housed at the University.

• Whats in a name

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/whats-in-a-name

  A senior lecturer from the University of Leicester has discussed ‘the politics of naming’ in a debate with the editor of The Independent over the city name: Mumbai or Bombay.

• About the Mayer family

  https://le.ac.uk/igan/about

  Backed by the Mayer family’s transformative funding, Leicester’s IgAN Research Group drives global breakthroughs in kidney disease treatment and care.